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This review was originally posted on my book review blog, Rachel Reading. For more reviews like this, check it out.
So one of my most guilty pleasures is a good chick-lit romance novel. On occasion I will read erotica, but I tend to like things that are less about bodice ripping erotic moments, and more about relationships and the cute buildup and all of that. “Act Like It” was absolutely perfect for me for this.
I tend to read these books when I’m in a very specific mood, and they usually work as palate cleansers for me, if characters went through bad things growing up they work them out, there’s usually a big fight where they break up and realize they’re meant to be, etc etc. I love it. Once I found the “Anna and the French Kiss” books though, it’s hard not to compare, and “Act Like It” absolutely holds its own.
Richard is your typical pompous guy, but what I like is that he isn’t some terribly misogynistic womanizer who Lainie tames. He’s just a guy who prides his career over his relationships and has a bad reputation in the press because he just…loves what he does and doesn’t give a crap about the rest of it. Lainie on the other hand is known as a sweetheart, and was just burned by a total f-boy.
I loved the way this played out. There wasn’t a whole lot of erotica, there was a few sex scenes, but it wasn’t the main focus of the book. I really liked this, and would almost call it a New Adult version of the “Anna and the French Kiss” series. I’ll absolutely be reading the second!
So one of my most guilty pleasures is a good chick-lit romance novel. On occasion I will read erotica, but I tend to like things that are less about bodice ripping erotic moments, and more about relationships and the cute buildup and all of that. “Act Like It” was absolutely perfect for me for this.
I tend to read these books when I’m in a very specific mood, and they usually work as palate cleansers for me, if characters went through bad things growing up they work them out, there’s usually a big fight where they break up and realize they’re meant to be, etc etc. I love it. Once I found the “Anna and the French Kiss” books though, it’s hard not to compare, and “Act Like It” absolutely holds its own.
Richard is your typical pompous guy, but what I like is that he isn’t some terribly misogynistic womanizer who Lainie tames. He’s just a guy who prides his career over his relationships and has a bad reputation in the press because he just…loves what he does and doesn’t give a crap about the rest of it. Lainie on the other hand is known as a sweetheart, and was just burned by a total f-boy.
I loved the way this played out. There wasn’t a whole lot of erotica, there was a few sex scenes, but it wasn’t the main focus of the book. I really liked this, and would almost call it a New Adult version of the “Anna and the French Kiss” series. I’ll absolutely be reading the second!
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I posted this review on my book blog, Rachel Reading. Check it out for more like this!
So here's the thing about this book. I feel like I should have given it like... 2 1/2 stars but since that's not possible...I finished this book in two days, which isn't abnormal for me. But books I REALLY love, I find a way to do it in a day. The only exception to this is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which took me a mere 27 hours but I DIGRESS.
I didn't hate this book. I didn't love this book. I really only liked capitalized Will Grayson, and that was only toward the end. This book just really didn't do much for me. I don't feel like I wasted my time, but I also feel like I have other things I could have read instead?
ANYWAY some people may love this book, it just hits the right chord for them which is good and all, but I found myself barely highlighting anything and on top of that finding lowercase Will so obnoxious I made notes about it.
I only had one OMG moment and that was in regards to lowercase Will...I like for more OMG moments honestly. I also have a thing for when people make up nicknames for people so I did highlight "fucking witch ass bitch mussolini al-Qaeda darth vader non-entity" as well as "douchepants mcwater polo" so there's that.
I'll be interested to see where book club goes on this one, it was an especially close vote and I'm ready for "Cuckoo's Calling"
So here's the thing about this book. I feel like I should have given it like... 2 1/2 stars but since that's not possible...I finished this book in two days, which isn't abnormal for me. But books I REALLY love, I find a way to do it in a day. The only exception to this is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which took me a mere 27 hours but I DIGRESS.
I didn't hate this book. I didn't love this book. I really only liked capitalized Will Grayson, and that was only toward the end. This book just really didn't do much for me. I don't feel like I wasted my time, but I also feel like I have other things I could have read instead?
ANYWAY some people may love this book, it just hits the right chord for them which is good and all, but I found myself barely highlighting anything and on top of that finding lowercase Will so obnoxious I made notes about it.
I only had one OMG moment and that was in regards to lowercase Will...I like for more OMG moments honestly. I also have a thing for when people make up nicknames for people so I did highlight "fucking witch ass bitch mussolini al-Qaeda darth vader non-entity" as well as "douchepants mcwater polo" so there's that.
I'll be interested to see where book club goes on this one, it was an especially close vote and I'm ready for "Cuckoo's Calling"
Looking for more Book Reviews? Check out Rachel Reading for more like this!
“Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science-that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from up there.”
I really wish I knew exactly why I love this book. I feel like before I got my hands on it I’d been in a drought of things that were lightheartedish (I feel like a lot of YA falls into this category, becuase even the dark YA they’re still teens and I find hope~ in that), but were super engrossing. This book took me a bit to get into, I think it’s because I was using the audiobook while working (this is when I was working for Litsy) and the best time to stop an audiobook is not in the very beginning. However, once I got into it I really got into it. I was quite literally hunting for more things to do so I had an excuse to keep listening to this book.
This book was toted as a Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black, and while I’ve never read Cloud Atlas I’ve seen almost two seasons of Orphan Black and it doesn’t really give me that feel. We follow Marguerite as she dimension hops trying to catch Paul who she believes has murdered her father. The creativity the author shows in the dimensions, the ones that are much like ours, and the ones that aren’t, is astounding. Gray really seems to be a master of world building. She had to build multiple worlds within this book, and every single one made sense in context. It would have been easy for her to make the whole book about world building as well, and that didn’t happen. What you get is a really engrossing story, with multiple worlds that are built well, dealing with realistic problems for the situations they get into.
Yes, there is a love triangle. It’s YA Sci-fi. What did you expect? However, it’s done extremely well, in my opinion, and didn’t detract from the story.
The narrator on the audiobook is WONDERFUL and she also narrates the other two books in the trilogy and I can’t wait to get my hands on them!
“Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science-that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from up there.”
I really wish I knew exactly why I love this book. I feel like before I got my hands on it I’d been in a drought of things that were lightheartedish (I feel like a lot of YA falls into this category, becuase even the dark YA they’re still teens and I find hope~ in that), but were super engrossing. This book took me a bit to get into, I think it’s because I was using the audiobook while working (this is when I was working for Litsy) and the best time to stop an audiobook is not in the very beginning. However, once I got into it I really got into it. I was quite literally hunting for more things to do so I had an excuse to keep listening to this book.
This book was toted as a Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black, and while I’ve never read Cloud Atlas I’ve seen almost two seasons of Orphan Black and it doesn’t really give me that feel. We follow Marguerite as she dimension hops trying to catch Paul who she believes has murdered her father. The creativity the author shows in the dimensions, the ones that are much like ours, and the ones that aren’t, is astounding. Gray really seems to be a master of world building. She had to build multiple worlds within this book, and every single one made sense in context. It would have been easy for her to make the whole book about world building as well, and that didn’t happen. What you get is a really engrossing story, with multiple worlds that are built well, dealing with realistic problems for the situations they get into.
Yes, there is a love triangle. It’s YA Sci-fi. What did you expect? However, it’s done extremely well, in my opinion, and didn’t detract from the story.
The narrator on the audiobook is WONDERFUL and she also narrates the other two books in the trilogy and I can’t wait to get my hands on them!